§ 29-176. Duty of property owners.

It shall be the duty of all owners of property abutting streets to maintain the driveway apron in the roadside adjacent to or upon their property. Such duty shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1)

Pave, construct, install or otherwise provide a driveway apron for access to their property in accordance with the driveway specifications and standards provided in this chapter;

(2)

Maintain, pave, reconstruct, repair and keep in repair the driveway apron to their property in accordance with the driveway specifications and standards provided in this chapter; such duty shall include the removal of all uneven and broken sections, replacing, relaying, patching, filling to grade with approved materials, grading or making level the surface to make it uniform, and to perform any other necessary work required to bring the roadside to a condition satisfactory for public use, except during a federally declared disaster, for which the department of public works shall have the duty to repair any damage caused by uprooting of a parish owned tree or trees;

(3)

Provide such drainage over or under the driveway apron to prevent the accumulation or standing of water on or near the driveway apron;

(4)

Maintain reconstruct, repair and keep in repair the roadside, including but not limited to the area immediately adjacent to their driveway apron, free from all ruts, depressions, and indentations caused by vehicular traffic gaining access to their property;

(5)

Prevent the growth or accumulation of weeds, grass, dirt or other nuisances on the roadside and driveway apron, in accordance with the provisions of sections 19-1 through 19-18.

(Ord. No. 23233, § 7, 1-23-08; Ord. No. 24461, § 2, 4-17-13)